Staff Editorials
Editorial: Order on the Court
On Monday, March 21, men’s basketball head coach Levell Sanders was announced as a finalist out of 15 recipients for the 2022 Joe B. Hall Award, an accolade granted to the best...
Columns
The war in Tigray deserves media attention
Far too often, those who cover global affairs in the West view the world as Western nations and those they have relationships with. If there is not an agenda to push, such...
Columns
NIMBY movement exacerbates housing crisis in Berkeley
Earlier this month, the California Supreme Court chose not to lift a lower-court order to the University of California, Berkeley, ordering the prestigious public university to decrease enrollment by at least 2,500...
Columns
The portrayal of Ukrainian refugees reveals Western racism
By now we have all seen the horrific images coming from Ukraine since Russia launched a military invasion on Feb. 24. The image of a pregnant woman gripping her bloody belly as...
Columns
Corporate jargon breeds inefficiency, elitism
Whether we recognize it or not, corporate jargon surrounds our everyday lives. From workplace emails to job applications to academic environments, catchy phrases such as “synergy,” “bandwidth” and “blue-sky thinking” sometimes constitute...
Staff Editorials
Editorial: This is nothing new
Binghamton has a housing crisis. We know this. What many don’t know, however, is how they would function without running water in their home for nearly 50 days straight — a question...
Columns
Weaponizing gender-affirming discourse or health care endangers trans youth
I’d like to finish a two-part column I wrote last month on transphobia. In that one, I wrote on the rhetoric of transphobia but didn’t spend a lot of time on the...
Columns
Who is the best character from "Friends?"
What qualifies one as being crowned with the coveted title of the best friend from “Friends?” What criteria makes one individual from the popular ’90s sitcom “Friends” superior to the other five?...
Columns
Columnist Opinions: How does the media impact you?
In the first Opinions column of its kind, the Opinions staff asked all of our columnists to discuss which media sources have impacted their life, and how they did so. Read on...
Columns
The tampon tax must be repealed
Tampons are still taxed in 30 states, putting people who menstruate at a financial disadvantage. However, this financial burden does not impact all menstruating people equally, as lower-income households face greater issues....